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U.S. and Allies Accuse China of Global Cyber Espionage
Jul 20 2021 // The United States and its allies accused China on Monday of a global cyber espionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries to publicly call out Beijing for hacking. The United States was joined by...
U.S. Fights Cyber Attacks by Blacklisting, Sanctioning Russian Tech Firms
Jul 19 2021 // The United States on Friday took a new stab at Russia’s cybersecurity industry, restricting trade with four information technology firms and two other entities over “aggressive and harmful” activities...
U.S. Appeals Court Sides With CDC Over Florida on COVID Rules for Cruise Ships
Jul 18 2021 // A U.S. appeals court late Saturday in a 2-1 ruling put on hold a lower-court decision that said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) could not enforce its coronavirus cruise ship rules in the...
U.S. Launches ‘Stop Ransomware’ Website; Offers Reward Up to $10M
Jul 16 2021 // The State Department will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of anyone engaged in foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity against critical U.S. infrastructure —...
U.S. Heatwave ‘Virtually Impossible’ Without Climate Change, Scientists Say
Jul 15 2021 // An international group of 27 climate scientists have concluded that the recent heat wave in the Pacific Northwest was “virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.” National Weather Service reports...
‘Sunny Day’ Floods Will Increasingly Inundate U.S. Coasts as Sea Levels Rise: NOAA
Jul 15 2021 // Record high-tide flooding washed over U.S. coasts in the past year, and rising sea levels are expected to send the deluges into streets, homes and businesses even more frequently over the next decade, the National Oceanic...
Extreme Drought in U.S. Prompts Emergency Crop Insurance Procedures
Jul 14 2021 // Responding to extreme drought conditions in parts of the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorizing emergency procedures to help agricultural producers. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is...
Applied Underwriters Acquires Generali’s U.S. Specialty Lines Division
Jul 12 2021 // Applied Underwriters has acquired the U.S. Specialty Lines division of Generali Group including Generali Warranty Services, which offers extended warranty programs and contractual liability insurance services. Applied...
Europe, U.S. and Canada Slammed by Record Weather Catastrophes in June: Aon
Jul 12 2021 // June 2021 left Europe with its costliest severe storm period on record. Meanwhile, over in the U.S. in Canada, record-setting heatwaves caused significant damage, according to Aon’s latest natural catastrophe...
How Russian Military Uses ‘Brute Force’ to Hack U.S. Government, Companies
Jul 8 2021 // U.S. and British agencies disclosed last week details of “brute force” methods they say have been used by Russian intelligence to try to break into the cloud services of hundreds of government agencies, energy...
Kaysea Ransomware Attack Caused ‘Minimal Damage’ to U.S. Firms, Biden Says
Jul 7 2021 // President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the ransomware attack centered on the Florida information technology firm Kaseya seems to have inflicted only “minimal damage” on American businesses. “It appears to...
MGA Rokstone Launches US$18M Marine Cargo Facility, Hiring Lloyd’s Veteran Birchard
Jul 6 2021 // Rokstone, the London-based speciality re/insurance managing general agent (MGA), has launched a US$18 million global facultative general marine cargo facility. Backed by A-rated global carriers, the facility includes US$5...
Earthquake Activity Increasing in U.S. Oil Regions, Study Says
Jul 5 2021 // The number of noticeable earthquakes has been increasing year after year since 2017 in the key oil producing regions of the U.S., according to an analysis by an independent energy research firm. The analysis of seismic...
Researchers Use Drones to Help Forecast Fires as Wildfires Hit Western U.S.
Jul 1 2021 // In a grassy meadow outside Missoula, Montana, Jennifer Fowler eyes two drones high in the sky with weather instruments — part of a program to see how drones can help to fight and monitor wildfires. Missoula is a...
U.S. Goes on Offense to Fight Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks
Jun 30 2021 // For the last several years, FBI agents debated turning the tables on hackers by remotely accessing breached computer networks and booting out the attackers caught in mid-hack. They got their chance earlier this year after...
Severe Drought in Western U.S. Raises July 4 Fireworks Fears
Jun 28 2021 // Many Americans aching for normalcy as pandemic restrictions end are looking forward to traditional Fourth of July fireworks. But with a historic drought in the U.S. West and fears of another devastating wildfire season,...
U.S. Supreme Court Backs Businesses Challenging California Labor Law
Jun 24 2021 // The Supreme Court on June 23 sided with California agriculture businesses that objected to a state regulation giving unions access to farm property in order to organize workers. As a result of the ruling, the...
U.S. Suit Against Aon-Willis Merger Assigned to Bush Nominee Judge Walton
Jun 18 2021 // Senior Judge Reggie Walton, who joined the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2001, will hear the Justice Department’s lawsuit aimed at stopping insurance broker Aon’s $30 billion acquisition...
U.S. Pet Insurer Trupanion Plans Overseas Growth, Hiring Agria’s Wheeler to Lead Expansion
Jun 17 2021 // Trupanion, the Seattle-based medical insurer for cats and dogs, announced it has hired Simon Wheeler as its executive vice president of International Business. A 30-year veteran of the animal health industry, Wheeler will...
U.S. Justice Department Files Suit to Block Aon’s Purchase of Willis Towers Watson
Jun 16 2021 // Aon’s proposed $30 billion acquisition of Willis Towers Watson has hit a major roadblock, with the U.S. Department of Justice suing to block the deal. The DOJ’s civil antitrust lawsuit argues that the merger,...
